Chapter 16: Meteoric Ice
"Is the air in the motor cabin recovered?" Ivan into the microphone. Buzzer: "It's been recovered, and the collector of the mobile pod can be released on the road." "Good! Let's do it! Ivan instructed. From the buzzer: "The hatch opens, we are released." Buzzer: "Please! In the monitoring screen, it took a few minutes for the collector to slowly exit the open hatch. Buzzer: "The collector has detached from the ship, please control the personnel to control his operation." Buzzer: "Yes!" We took over. "Let's pick up the monitor port outside the spaceship now." Ivan said as he pressed a virtual button on the screen. The screen showed the collector moving its silhouette as it faded out of the ship's shadows, and soon the collector moved out of the ship's shadows, and the rays cast by the sunlight began to paint it clearly. Buzzer: "Command center, we've adjusted our direction, we can speed up, right?" Buzzer: "No, please travel another ten minutes." Buzzer: "Got it." Ten minutes later buzzer: "We're speeding up?" Buzzer: "Yes." On the screen, it has become a small piece of collector, and the tail is still flashing a few tiny bright lights just now, and suddenly the brightness increases, and the highlight makes several small lights connected into a large bright block, and the bright block is dragged obliquely down to form a cone-shaped tail, and I don't know how long later, this light gradually merges with the surrounding starry space. On the display windows of several radars, the images of the collectors in different states tell them that the collectors are always under surveillance and control. "You can go back to the living pod." Ivan said. "Aren't we going to watch the meteorite collection coming?" Zhao Li asked. "It's still early! At this rate, it will take sixty or seventy hours to reach the vicinity of the meteorite, and I will let you know as soon as it gets close. Before the two of them returned to the living cabin, Cha De hurriedly came to the command room. Splitting his head said to Zhaoli: "You still have time to relax here, your wife and children have vomited, and after vomiting, they fainted again." Zhao Ligang's relaxed face immediately darkened, and he asked urgently, "Are they still in the living cabin now?" "It's been sent to the medical room." Zhao Li said many times: "I'll go first and go to the medical room." "Let's go together." Duofan and Ivan nodded, and left with Zhaoli and Chad. On the two beds next to each other in the infirmary, Eleni and the princess, were bound with wide straps. Zhao Li almost threw himself at the princess's side. He saw that the girl's face was pale and bloodless, and Zhaoli looked at Eleni again, and she was also pale. He patted the princess on the shoulder: "Hey! My princess" A doctor wearing a mask, with a pair of big eyes and dark circles under his eyes, said from not far away: "Don't make a sound! Doesn't your speech affect other patients? "Oh! I'm sorry!"" We sedated her and still can't wake up. "Which patient, she's my wife, is she also sedative?" Zhao Li pointed to the doctor as she pointed to the bed. "Hmmm! All of them were shot, but the dose was not large. Come back in five hours, and they might wake up. The doctor frowned and glanced at Zhao Li and Duo Fan and Cha De, who came in with him: "I have other patients here, you had better go out and wait, so that no one else will be disturbed." She said, looking at a device next to a patient's bed. Go back! I'm here to watch. Zhao Li whispered to Duoban and Chade. Don't worry, I don't think there will be any danger. You can just come back in five hours. He held Zhaoli's shoulder many times and whispered to comfort him. Let's go back! I don't have the energy to go back, so I might as well stay here, besides, I was so busy some time ago that I didn't take good care of them. Go back! Yes! "The soft turquoise light emitted from multiple angles obliterates the entire infirmary's walls, equipment, beds, and fabrics on people. Roughly look around, a dozen beds next to each other, several of them are empty, and there are patients next to the bedside, the monitors of medical equipment are all on, and the monitors are showing some zigzag lines and constantly flashing numbers that Zhaoli can't understand at all. Zhao Li, who had been pondering for a while, recovered from the chaotic tension. From time to time, he glanced at the busy doctor. The female doctor was dressed in a one-piece suit with shoes dyed a little green by the light, and her whole head was covered with a hat with a collar, so that only her face could be seen, but the two protrusions on the front of the chest, the somewhat tucked waist and the wide hips, so that the men's X-ray eyes could judge how well-proportioned and surname-worthy her body under the clothes was, the only pity was that her hair was buried by the hat and could not see the real face. The doctor stopped in front of a computer not far away and got busy again. Zhao Li pulled the side of the bed and slowly slid towards the doctor. Whispered, "What is the disease of my wife and children?" The doctor knew that Zhaoli had arrived at her side, and her head didn't even move: "I'm doing a laboratory test, and judging from the symptoms, it should be a space sickness." "Is it serious? "There is life" Zhaoli wanted to say that his life was in danger, but he felt that it was inappropriate and impossible, so he stopped. "The vast majority of people living in space will have this symptom, but it will appear sooner or later. Their symptoms are slightly different from others. "Hmm!" Their reaction was a bit heavier. Specifically, I'll tell you when the results come out. "Okay! Thank you! Half an hour later, the doctor beckoned Zhao Li to her: "Didn't you give them the medicine?" "They've eaten it!" "Impossible! They wouldn't have such a serious reaction when they ate it. "The doctor was angry, but the sound was not very loud." I watched them eat, but sometimes, I didn't watch. Zhao Li recalled as he spoke, and as he spoke, he squirmed and became short of breath. You men know that you care about boring things, but you don't pay attention to the health of your own family. "Hey! Ay! Be! Be! "Zhaoli is like a student being taught by a teacher. The female doctor turned to look at him, then turned around again: "Fortunately, they have eaten intermittently, so you don't have to worry too much, they will be fine." "You can tell if you've eaten it on and off! What a god! "When Zhaoli heard that his wife and daughter were fine, his mood immediately improved a lot, and he wanted to please the doctor, so he said something nice, but the doctor ignored Zhaoli's flattery." When they get better, you all have to remediate on the medical knowledge of space life, hear? "Yes! It's time to remediate medical knowledge, which is also good for us! After speaking, he didn't forget to smile at the doctor. The door was open, and Zhao Li walked in to see a woman in a floral shirt and a large flower-over-the-knee skirt tending to a patient in bed. Seeing Zhao Li come in, the female doctor smiled at him, and Zhao Li was a little surprised: She knows me? Give me such a charming smile? So he politely smiled back at her. Wait for him to look at her eyes a little: big eyes, long eyelashes, the corners of the eyes and eyelashes are still upturned, oh! Only then did he recognize it: "It's you?" Doctor, what are you doing here? "I'm waiting for you!" "Wait for me? Hehe! I accidentally wanted to come and have a look, and I met you, don't we have a heart, right? The female doctor's eyes were bent into a crescent moon, and inside the crescent moon were shiny and intimidating brown eyes: "What do you think?" "Hey, hey" "Dad! Father! The slight female voice and the touch of his hand woke Zhaoli from his dream. Oh! Zhao Li opened his eyes, and it was clear from the slit in his eyes that his daughter's slightly open eyes were looking at him. I'm sorry! Asleep my good daughter, you wake up. Zhao Li leaned over and gently grabbed Princess Zhao's little hand with his right hand. Where am I? "Princess Zhao." In the infirmary! You've been in a coma for days. Zhao Liqiang opened his eyes, and a bright smile appeared on his face: "It was the aunt from the medical room who rescued you." You and your mom are sick, and lo and behold, she's right next to you. He gestured to the bed next door. Princess Zhao grinned: "What's wrong with my mother?" "It's not the same disease as you. Daughter! How did you take the medicine you were given? "I just can't swallow it, it's too bad." "If it's unpalatable, I'll vomit it! Your mom is like that, right? "My mom taught me!" "You two! It's really not worry-free. Zhao Li lovingly tapped Princess Zhao's nose: "You also blame me, hey!" I followed your uncles all day long, and I didn't take good care of your mother. "Lie down and rest! I'm going to see your mom. Ay! Why hasn't she woken up yet! Zhao Li moved to the side of Aleni's bed, and saw that Eleni's face had also returned to blood like Princess Zhao, her eyes had opened a slit, and she blinked her eyelids from time to time, and Zhao Li couldn't tell that she was also awake. Zhao Li leaned closer to her face and said softly, "Honey! You're awake. Eleni's throat squirmed, but she didn't make a sound, Zhao Li: "You just happen to be not fully recovered, so don't speak, ah!" A tall figure dressed like a female doctor floated into the medical room—a man who was not wearing a mask, and when he saw Zhao Li, he said in a loud voice: "Hey! The patient just woke up and couldn't say much. Zhao Li: "How long will it take?" "Twenty-four hours later." Without pause, he drifted into the inner room. Zhao Li had no choice but to kiss Eleni and Princess Zhao on the forehead, and told them that he would come to visit them in twenty-four hours. Zhao Li returned to the living cabin, and on the way, he saw that Duofan and Lu Yuan's family were happy in the entertainment room, but they didn't go in, and went straight to the living cabin. It just so happened that there was no one else here, so Zhao Li opened his small cabin, fixed himself with a seat belt, and fell asleep without stretching his waist and yawning. Zhaoli woke up and saw Duofan chatting with Chade and Lu Yuan not far away. He said to a few people dryly, "When did you come back?" "What time! A day ago. Find Zhaoli's side: "Do you want to untie it?" "Hmm! Unravel it! What do you say? "We're talking about collecting meteoric ice. Now that you're awake, come and listen, right? Chad's eyes squinted at Zhaoli. I'm too tired to move, pull me over! Brothers! Chade gently pulled on Zhaoli's waist, and pulled Zhaoli to many times: "Now think of me!" Don't train people casually in the future! "I'm not good for you." "Don't pull it, you can float by yourself!" Chad shook off his hand and flashed to the side. "I have no conscience, I can't bear to use one-tenth of your hand to pull the girl's hand!" Zhao Li said, his body had already drifted closer to Lu Yuan. He smiled at Duofan and Lu Yuan: "This guy will take revenge." Then you say, let's listen to it too. Lu Yuan said many times: "The doctor's collector can come to the spaceship in ten days, can you tell him to leave some samples for me to see." "I'll give it a try." Actually, you can also tell Dr. Ivan. "I'm still not as familiar with him as you are, in case he refuses, hehe! It's embarrassing. Lu Yuan looked at it many times with earnest eyes. What is it about things that you can't see that interest you so much? Zhao Li just joined the conversation team of the two, and after listening to it for a while, he didn't know what they were saying, and it was not easy to interject, so he could only stare at these two people. I finally couldn't help it: "What are you two talking about?" Something is invisible to the naked eye. "That's right, when Ivan's probe analyzed the collected samples, he found that a meteorite may contain microorganisms, isn't it because it's too far away!" So I'm not sure. They also said that it was probably because of an error in the signal transmission. What Lao Lu just meant was that he wanted to call me and ask Ivan to use his collector to bring back the meteorite, he wanted to see if there were any microorganisms in it, and what it was like if they did, I don't think it was easy to say," shook his head many times: "They said that the heavy water content of which meteorite ice is a little small, and there is no other collection value except for suspecting that there are microorganisms in it." As you know, the main mission of the collector is to transport heavy water meteorites right now. Would it be appropriate to let it bring back something that should be said to be of little practical use? "The temperature of this space, you say it's about minus 1200 degrees, and there will be microorganisms alive?" Zhao Li was puzzled and a little surprised. "There's nothing strange about that." Lu Yuan said solemnly: "At the hydrothermal flow spewed out by the submarine crater at a depth of several thousand meters, there is a temperature of several thousand degrees Celsius, but there are not many creatures alive in the hydrothermal vent, and they are still alive and well. Also, in the crater on the surface, the liquid environment is completely filled with strong acid, and it has been found that there are living organisms. "Oh! These creatures are quite adaptable. Listening to Lu Yuan's explanation, Zhaoli couldn't help but sigh. Therefore, there are many benefits to studying microorganisms in meteorites: "It took nearly two years from leaving Earth to Jupiter on a cargo spacecraft, and it took more than half a year for the wormhole spacecraft to sail to Saturn on its own, which is about three years in total. In three years, many people's psychology begins to transform from the initial excitement with the accumulation of time, and the mild symptoms are transformed into depression, irritability and depression; The heavier people keep thinking about the time that has passed; People with more severe symptoms may even experience memory loss. What made Ivan even more anxious was that while people were still trying to find a way to eliminate their mental illnesses, physical illnesses began to appear in large numbers among the population, which was the inevitable result of being in a state of weightlessness all the time. These include osteoporosis caused by not having to bear weight and physical loss; Cardiovascular disease caused by increased pressure on the head due to blood filling in the body; There is also the phenomenon of muscle tissue atrophy caused by the reduction of work done by the human body and no longer bear the gravity of the human body with the bones. Ivan: They did prepare some medicines for the people on the spaceship before, but they could only alleviate or delay people's pain, but could not fundamentally solve the problem. It can be traced back to the root cause, of course, because of long-term exposure to this environment that violates the normal operation of the human body.
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